(And a Look at some other radios which use Whip Antennas for AM Reception)

When Sony introduced the ICF-2001 in 1980 it was nothing short of a revolution in portable radios. Not to be confused with the later ICF-2001D (which is a completely different model introduced in 1985 and known here in the US as the ICF-2010…one of the longest-lived and most iconic portable radios ever made), the ICF-2001 was the first portable radio to offer direct frequency input via a numeric key pad with a digital readout and other digital tuning features. Somehow though the ICF-2001 seems to have faded into relative obscurity and I had never seen one or known enough about it to look for one until a reader named George graciously loaned me his 2001 for evaluation. As it turns out the ICF-2001 has some unusual capabilities which we will explore:

Read the Sony ICF-2001 Review:

Jay Allen